Guest: NAIWE’s Executive Director April Michelle Davis


There are many benefits to being a member of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors, and NAIWE’s Executive Director April Michelle would like to introduce you to some of them! Please join her in this discussion to learn how to navigate your membership. This is part 1 of a mini-series.

Here’s what you can expect to learn in this class:

  • What you can access in the About section of the NAIWE website

  • How members and nonmembers can search the member database to locate a professional

  • Where members and nonmembers can locate NAIWE member sites and find professional resources

  • How to develop your member profile, which is displayed in the member database and gives you visibility with members and nonmembers

  • Benefits and opportunities

Duration: 35 minutes


April Michelle Davis is the executive director of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors and the founder of Editorial Inspirations. She has a master’s degree in publishing from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Messiah College, as well as certificates in editing, book publishing, and professional editing. April Michelle has presented sessions about what an editor does and the steps to becoming an editor, tips for and the benefits of working with an editor, indexing, macros, grammar, marketing, and Microsoft Word at the Be a Better Freelancer conference, Randolph-Macon College, Northern Virginia Community College, the Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, RavenCon, the Hanover Book Festival, the Editorial Freelancers Association, Copyediting newsletter, Editorial Inspirations’ trainings, and NAIWE.

April Michelle Davis has shared insights by contributing to several books: When Talent Isn’t Enough: Business Basics for the Creatively Inclined, Ease into Writing, The Indie Author Revolution: An Insider’s Guide to Self-Publishing, and Juggling on a High Wire: The Art of Work–Life Balance When You’re Self-Employed. April Michelle has taken her role full circle by becoming a published author: A Guide for the Freelance Indexer, Choosing an Editor: What You Need to Know, and A Princess in Disguise.